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Length
  
54:29

Release date
  
14 August 2012

Artist
  
Blackberry Smoke

Label
  
Southern Ground

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Released
  
August 14, 2012 (US), February 17, 2014 (Europe)

Recorded
  
July 21, 2011 - August 4, 2011

Little Piece of Dixie (2009)
  
The Whippoorwill (2012)

The Whippoorwill (2012)
  
Holding All the Roses (2015)

Genres
  
Southern rock, Country music, Country rock, Bluegrass

Producers
  
Clay Cook, Matt Mangano, Zac Brown

Similar
  
Blackberry Smoke albums, Southern rock albums

The Whippoorwill is the third studio album by American southern/country rock band Blackberry Smoke. It was released on August 14, 2012 through Southern Ground Records in the North America and on February 17, 2014 through Earache Records in Europe. The latter contained three additional live tracks; "Country Side of Life", "Pretty Little Lie" and "Six Ways to Sunday".

Contents

Blackberry smoke six ways to sunday


Musicians

  • Charlie Starr - lead vocals, guitar, pedal steel, banjo.
  • Richard Turner - bass guitar, vocals.
  • Paul Jackson - guitar, vocals.
  • Brandon Still - piano, organ.
  • Brit Turner - drums, percussion.
  • Additional musicians

  • Clay Cook - percussion, harmonium (4).
  • Matt Mangano - acoustic guitar (4).
  • Maureen Murphy, Lo Carter, Kyla Jade - backing vocals (3,9,12,13).
  • Sarah Dugas - backing vocals (9).
  • Arnold McCuller -backing vocals (6,10,13).
  • Production

  • Blackberry Smoke, Clay Cook, Matt Mangano, Zac Brown - producers.
  • Matt Wallace, Mike Fraser - mixing.
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastering.
  • Trey Wilson - production coordinator.
  • Brit Turner - art direction.
  • Justin Helton, Tim Pederson - cover design.
  • David Stuart - photography.
  • Chart performance

    The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 59 before their album's official release in August 2012, and re-entered the chart 4 weeks later at No.8 on its official release (chart date September 1, 2012). It also debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 40 on its official release, as well as No. 10 on the Independent Albums chart and No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart. The album has sold 51,000 copies in the US as of October 2012.

    The album was released in the UK in February 2014, and it debuted at No.30 on the UK album Top 100 chart and No. 1 on the UK Country Album Chart with 2,973 copies sold for the week.

    Songs

    1Six Ways To Sunday3:27
    2Pretty Little Lie3:34
    3Everybody Knows She's Mine3:49

    References

    The Whippoorwill Wikipedia


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